tomato salad

This is a great summer recipe with fresh ingredients you can theoretically get right from your backyard garden! Or your local Farmer’s Market.

I’ve never bought or used fresh fennel before and had no idea what to do with it when it came in my CSA two weeks in a row. The farmer suggested using the bulb in a salad, so I gave it a whirl. I was skeptical it might cause a funny taste, but it definitely did not. The tomatoes and cucumber I used in the photo above were also from my local farm share making this a purely local salad!